O67-16KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 67-16
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND ESTABLISHING A RESERVE POLICE
UNIT AS A PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF .1 CITY OF KEN-
KEDALE, TEAS; PROVIDING_FOR TA QUALIFICATIONS, APPOINT-
MENT, TENURE, REMUNERATION _ AND. AUTHORITY OF RESERVE POLICE
OFFICERS;. PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF SUCH RESERVE
POLICE UNIT; CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE AND _AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS:
1. There is hereby created a Reserve Police Unit, which
shall be a division of the Kennedale Police Departent under the
supervision and direction of the Police Chief of.the City of
Kennedale, Texas. Said Reserve Police Unit shall be composed
of voluntary members not exceeding 10 in number at any one
time, and shall be for the purpose of assisting the Kennedale
Police Department and training interested and deserving young
men in police work.
2. Membership in the Reserve Police Unit shall be en-
tirely voluntary, and shall be restricted to men of good
moral character who are at least twenty-one (21) years of age
and residents of Tarrant County, Texas; All_applicants
for membership shall make application in writing on a form to
be prescribed by the Chief of Police, and shall be subject to
approval by the Chief of Police and then by the City Council.
3. Reserve Police Officers shall receive no pay or
remuneration from the City of Kennedale for their services.
Each member of the Reserve Police Unit shall be required, as
a condition precedent to his appointment as a Reserve Police
Officer, to sign an agreement indemnifying the City of Kenne-
dale against any liability for his actions as such Reserve
Police Officer and releasing the City of Kennedale from any
liability for injuries or damages that he might receive or sus-
tain as such Reserve Police Officer.
4. .All Reserve Police Officers shall be under the direct
supervision and command of the Chief of Police of the City of
Kennedale, as well as the direct command of any regular Police
Officer of the City of Kennedale on duty and with whom such
Reserve Police Officer may be assigned to work. A Reserve Po-
lice Officer shall serve only during the consent of the Chief
of Police and the City Council, and shall be subject to dis-
missal at any time, either with or without cause, by the
Cheif of Police or City Council.
5. Reserve Police Officers shall have authority to
and shall carry firearms only when on duty for the Kennedale
Police Department, or when otherwise under orders to do so
by the Chief of Police. While on such duty or under such
orders, however, said Reserve Police Officers shall be peace
officers of the City of Kennedale, Texas, with the same right
and duty to +ke arrests as any regular Police Officer of the
City of Kennedale.
6. Reserve Police.Officers shall be subject to the
following rules and regulations, as well as such future rules
and regulations as may be hereafter promulgated by the Chief
of Police or the City Council:
(a) Reserve Officers will be used primarily to assist
regular officers, but may be called upon to perform any of
the duties of a regular officer in case of emergency.
(b) Reserve Officers shall direct traffic, under
supervision of the Chief of Police or a regular officer,
in cases of funerals, accidents, parades, at school cross-
ings, and in other emergencies or as directed by the Chief
of Police.
(c) Reserve Officers will be expected to ride "shot-
gun" with regular officers, according to individual assignment.
(d) Reserve Officers will be expected to work, as
called, in_the Police Department office, acting as jail turn-
key, desk sergeant, radio operator, identification officer
and in other capacities as needed and directed by the Chief
of Police.
(e) Reserve Officers may be called upon to serve as
patrolmen at activities such as football games and other
sport contests, or at any meeting or event where.a crowd
might gather.
(f) Reserve Officers shall be subject to call to
duty in cases of national emergency, or in major and minor
disasters.
(g) Reserve Officers shall be used for any other
special occasions or duties that may arise, the necessity
therefor to be determined by the Chief of Police.
(h) Reserve Officers shall wear a uniform, badge
and equipment to be prescribed by the Chief of Police, all
of which shall be furnished by the Reserve Officer at his
own expense and without reimbursement,therefor by the City
of Kennedale; provided, however, for each six months of
satisfactory service, the City will reimburse such Reserve
Officer a uniform allowance of $30.00.
(1) Reserve Police Officers shall be subject to in-
spection__by the Chief of Police or any designated regular
police officer at any time while on duty or in uniform,
and each Reserve Officer must keep himself neat in appear-
ance, including shining of shoes and cleaning and pressing
of uniforms
(j) Insubordination by a Reserve Police Officer will
not be tolerated, and in event such occurs, such Reserve
Officer shall be subject to immediate suspension.
(k) All Reserve Police Officers shall be subject to
the same_rules and regulations with respect to their conduct
as are other regular police officers of the City of Kennedale.
7. Each provision of this ordinance is hereby declared
to be an individual section or provision, and the holding of
any portion hereof unconstitutional or ineffective for any
reason shall not affect the validity of any other section or
provision hereof.
8. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
immediately upon its adoption and approval.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 14th day of September, 1967.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
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(CITY SEAL)
APPROVED:
Mayor, Ci
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